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A Page and Its Politics: Situating Kullinā Khālid Saʿīd in Egypt’s Ideological Landscape at the Time of Revolution

Journal

Cyber Orient

Volume | Issue number

9 | 2

Document type

Article

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities (FGw)

Institute

Amsterdam School for Regional, Transnational and European Studies (ARTES)

Abstract

In discussions concerning the importance of social media in the 25January revolution, a central role is given to the "Kullinā
Khālid Saʿīd" [We’re all Khaled Said] Facebook page. Using an advanced data collection and extraction application called Netvizz,
a research team consisting of Arabists and Media studies specialists has collected and analysed all of the posts and comments
exchanged through the page. This data set allows for a systematic analysis of the page. This article offers an outline of
the ideological nature of "Kullinā Khālid Saʿīd", with particular emphasis on the "revolutionary" period between 1 January
- 11 February 2011. It argues that the page shows no evidence of political bias in the sense of explicit favoring of a political
group. Rather, the page constituted a community of users who abstained from using politically factional language. Reflecting
the mood and concerns of the revolution’s grassroots masses, it clearly illustrates the disinclination to engage with formal
politics.

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